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Matt
Nokes		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 31, 1963 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2002   
Gold Glove Award 1998    2002   
All-Star Selections 1994    1998    1999    2001   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 24 CHC NL 132 445 45 117 19 0 7 50 0 0 26 64 .263 .302 .353 .654 46.2 9.2
1989 25 CHC NL 145 543 57 164 16 0 3 70 2 0 27 67 .302 .334 .348 .682 59.9 12.5
1990 26 CHC NL 148 552 47 151 21 0 6 39 0 0 26 64 .274 .306 .344 .650 53.9 7.0
1991 27 CHC NL 149 582 70 201 21 0 9 66 0 0 20 69 .345 .367 .428 .794 83.0 21.2
1992 28 CHC NL 145 543 69 163 15 0 9 62 1 0 24 40 .300 .327 .378 .704 64.2 11.3
1993 29 CHC NL 90 348 46 98 9 0 14 49 0 0 16 35 .282 .312 .428 .740 44.6 5.8
  CAR NL 59 231 34 69 7 0 9 41 0 0 13 13 .299 .336 .446 .782 32.4 7.4
  TOT   149 579 80 167 16 0 23 90 0 0 29 48 .288 .322 .435 .757 76.9 13.2
1994 30 CAR NL 155 604 72 192 22 0 23 98 0 1 39 47 .318 .355 .469 .823 94.5 18.8
1995 31 CAR NL 73 277 38 80 4 0 14 41 0 0 26 30 .289 .345 .455 .800 43.4 7.9
  CHC NL 71 268 39 93 9 0 14 51 0 0 12 24 .347 .371 .537 .908 48.3 11.7
  TOT   144 545 77 173 13 0 28 92 0 0 38 54 .317 .358 .495 .853 91.7 19.6
1996 32 CHC NL 162 684 98 186 18 0 18 71 1 0 51 53 .272 .321 .377 .698 78.1 9.2
1997 33 STL NL 149 533 77 163 20 0 23 91 0 2 46 43 .306 .357 .473 .830 86.7 16.4
1998 34 BAL AL 149 571 96 192 17 0 28 102 3 0 53 47 .336 .389 .513 .902 104.9 18.5
1999 35 BAL AL 148 563 67 162 14 0 17 69 0 0 37 37 .288 .331 .403 .734 69.8 9.3
2000 36 BAL AL 155 589 88 165 19 0 31 85 0 0 52 55 .280 .333 .470 .803 92.3 11.4
2001 37 BAL AL 153 620 110 204 28 0 41 134 0 0 52 57 .329 .375 .573 .947 124.3 20.7
2002 38 BAL AL 148 553 86 154 14 0 21 79 0 0 47 37 .278 .334 .418 .752 72.5 7.8
2003 39 BAL AL 145 555 104 171 17 0 32 106 0 0 36 48 .308 .348 .512 .860 89.5 13.3
2004 40 CHC NL 109 183 32 54 4 0 12 28 1 0 16 15 .295 .352 .514 .865 29.5 4.1
17 Years Sim 2485 9244 1275 2779 294 0 331 1332 8 3 619 845 .301 .342 .440 .782 1318.0 223.4
162 Game Average 602 83 181 19 0 21 86 0 0 40 55 .301 .342 .440 .782 85.9  
Career Highs 162 684 110 204 28 0 41 134 3 2 53 69 .345 .389 .573 .947 124.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1988 24 CHC NL C 126 115 1038.3 684 71 4 2 .995 6.54 100 32 .320 5 6.7
1989 25 CHC NL C 140 132 1207.7 865 70 12 2 .987 6.97 149 42 .282 4 4.8
1990 26 CHC NL C 141 128 1186.3 846 71 14 3 .985 6.96 141 34 .241 9 2.9
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 27 CHC NL C 143 130 1196.0 977 62 12 8 .989 7.82 123 28 .228 7 4.8
1992 28 CHC NL C 134 126 1148.7 901 57 7 4 .993 7.51 118 33 .280 2 6.4
1993 29 CHC NL C 86 82 730.6 619 34 4 1 .994 8.04 70 22 .314 1 6.8
  CAR NL C 56 54 489.7 415 22 2 1 .995 8.03 47 14 .298 1 0.8
  TOT   C 142 136 1220.3 1034 56 6 2 .995 8.04 117 36 .308 2 7.6
1994 30 CAR NL C 154 146 1322.7 1217 57 7 0 .995 8.67 90 24 .267 3 6.1
1995 31 CAR NL C 70 64 597.2 552 21 3 0 .995 8.64 30 7 .233 4 3.1
  CHC NL C 68 62 550.5 509 20 2 0 .996 8.65 28 7 .250 3 0.5
  TOT   C 138 126 1147.7 1061 41 5 0 .995 8.64 58 14 .241 7 3.6
1996 32 CHC NL C 162 162 1459.7 1545 50 6 0 .996 9.83 81 17 .210 6 4.1
1997 33 STL NL C 141 126 1160.0 1090 44 4 3 .996 8.80 62 12 .194 5 6.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 4 5 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1998 34 BAL AL C 143 132 1188.7 1241 43 4 0 .997 9.72 69 24 .348 10 7.9
    1B 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 35 BAL AL C 141 136 1215.7 1229 35 6 0 .995 9.36 63 13 .206 7 6.3
    SS 2 2 18.7 2 5 1 1 .875 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2000 36 BAL AL C 152 149 1313.0 1389 44 8 0 .994 9.82 68 22 .324 5 8.2
2001 37 BAL AL C 153 153 1348.0 1335 45 5 2 .996 9.21 61 21 .344 5 10.5
2002 38 BAL AL C 142 137 1224.7 1279 35 5 0 .996 9.66 45 16 .356 2 10.4
2003 39 BAL AL C 19 7 85.7 84 3 0 0 1.000 9.14 5 2 .400 1 0.6
2004 40 CHC NL C 31 31 242.3 218 11 0 0 1.000 8.50 14 7 .500 0 1.3
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2202 2072 18705.3 16995 795 105 26 .994 8.56 1364 377 .276 80 98.2
  SS 3 3 27.7 6 10 1 3 .941 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 0 8.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2208 2076 18749.9 17012 805 106 30 .994 8.55 1364 377 .276 80 98.4
Career Highs   162 162 1459.7 1545 71 14 8 1.000 9.83 149 42 .500 10  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1993 29 CAR NL 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
2001 37 BAL AL 10 43 8 13 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 7 .302 .348 .465 .813
2002 38 BAL AL 18 72 11 24 2 0 5 15 0 0 7 6 .333 .392 .569 .962
Career Post-Season Batting 31 127 20 39 3 0 7 24 0 0 10 13 .307 .358 .496 .854
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1991-1-.345
1994-3-.318
1995-5-.317
1997-10-.306
1998-5-.336
2001-6-.329
 XR
CAR-25-1318.0
 Games
1996-1-162
CAR-13-2485
 At-Bats
1996-1-684
CAR-13-9244
 Runs
CAR-28-1275
 Hits
1991-2-201
1994-3-192
1996-4-186
2001-3-204
CAR-7-2779
Total Bases
1994-8-283
2001-10-355
CAR-21-4066
 Singles
1989-7-145
1991-1-171
1992-4-139
1994-2-147
1995-9-132
1996-2-150
1998-5-147
1999-7-131
2001-4-135
CAR-3-2154
 Homeruns
2001-9-41
CAR-47-331
 RBIs
1994-9-98
2001-10-134
CAR-28-1332
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Rich Gedman (780)
  2. Gary Carter (744)
  3. Ivan Rodriguez (733)
  4. Mike Piazza (719)
  5. Jeff Blauser (717)
  6. Darrin Fletcher (715)
  7. Terry Steinbach (714)
  8. Greg Walker (704)
  9. Bob Horner (702)
  10. Lou Whitaker (701)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1985
Injured on 5/14/1985 with a Fractured Hip, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 5/2/1986 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/3/1987 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/22/1988, off Bob Knepper (SFG)
Hit first career homerun on 6/28/1988, off Scott Sanderson (SFG)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/25/1989
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 5/5/1992
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (N) to Carolina on 7/31/1993 (Going to CAR: C Matt Nokes. Going to CHC: P Mike Remlinger)
7/31/1993: Signed a contract extension with Carolina, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 5/27/1995
Traded from Carolina to Chicago (N) on 7/2/1995 (Going to CHC: C Matt Nokes, P Gregg Olson, P Randy Johnson. Going to CAR: SS Rich Aurilia)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Houston on 6/24/1996
Drove in 6 runs against Carolina on 8/20/1996
Traded from Chicago (N) to St. Louis on 4/1/1997 (Going to STL: C Matt Nokes. Going to CHC: P Trever Miller)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 4/9/1997
Injured on 7/30/1997 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
9/1/1997: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $5,760,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1997, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 10/5/1997
Won Player of the Week award on 10/14/1997, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from St. Louis to Baltimore on 3/2/1998 (Going to STL: P David Nied. Going to BAL: C Matt Nokes)
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1998
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 9/10/1999, off Rob Mallicoat (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/2001, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2001, hitting .441 with 6 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/2001, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 6/6/2001 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
9/1/2001: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $8,000,000 per year, for 1 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 4 runs on 9/11/2001
Won World Championship with Baltimore in 2002
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2002
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/10/2003 to a 1-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 6/3/2003
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/2/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,040 per year
Injured on 9/14/2004 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
Released by Chicago (N) on 10/16/2004
 
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